On Wed, 13 Apr 1994 13:34:04 -0500 louis schwartz said: >> movement, such as the New Wave, and why he is not always associated with >> the canon of French cinema. I wwould like to talk more about Bresson if >> anyone, if anyone wants to respond. > >Actually Bresson is one of the most cannonized of French directors. Not >only does B find his way into almost every text book on the history of >French Cinema but also into most textbooks on the history of cinema as >such. > >He's not considered part of the New Wave because most of his films were >made before 1959, the generally accepted year for the "beginning" of the >New Wave. A bit more accurately: Bresson started out directing before the New Wave generation did, but he did roughly the same number of films before and after 1959 (5 before '59, 1 in '59, 7 after, by my count). And he was considerably older (born in 1907) than Godard, Truffaut, et al. ---------- Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism. --Enoch Arnold Bennett ---------- | Jeremy G. Butler - - - - - - - - - - | Internet : [log in to unmask] | | SCREEN-L Coordinator | BITNET : JBUTLER@UA1VM | | | | Telecommunication & Film Dept * The University of Alabama * Tuscaloosa |